Jen

Lunch was soooo good. Gotta love the veggie sub. And of course, Subway rocks more than ever with their new choices of bread and “sauces,” if you will.

Nathan and I had a conversation about the word “dude.” I realized that I called two people “dude” in the office today. Tim, Bill’s son, did something stupid, so in response, I said “Dude” in an annoyed, condescending tone, and walked away. I think I say it too much. I occasionally interchange it with “man.” Sometimes, I combine the two. I also called my step father “dude.” Sometimes, instead of hon, or something of a sweeter nature, I call Pat “dude” and I know for a fact he doesn’t appreciate it.

We decided that “dude” has come a long way since circa 1989 Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Does anyone know the history of that word? Should I care?

Then Nathan told me this story about how his mom refers to the CD player as just the CD. So, for instance, she would say something like, “Nathan, plug in the CD.”

Just on Easter, Ted was telling Pat and I how he was using the computer to play music and “make tapes.” Being the smart ass that I am, and realizing that he meant, “burn CD’s,” I said, “Dude, I didn’t realize that the PC switched from digital to analog. Are you pressing vinyl too?” Of course, this was all taken in good humor, but that made the conversation go full circle back to dude. Some how the it ended with Nathan saying, “Dude, that is so circa last year.” Which is funny because a) I love the word “dude,” as mentioned numerous times above and b) I keep putting circa in front of a year I’m trying to reference when I don’t know when an event actually happened.

I guess what I’m trying to get at by these past paragraphs is that the conversation was funny.

I get off of work early tomorrow because I have to go to UIC and pick up my robes for graduation! Go me!

One last thing- Zach, are you saying you hate “Tiny Cities made of Ashes,” by Modest Mouse? A first, I hated it, but now I think it’s great. You just have to listen to it some more.

That’s all folks.